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Added 9 October 2026

remainder

/ɹɪˈmeɪndə/ noun

In Latin: reliquum Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about remainder at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Something left after other parts have been taken away.
there was no remainder
The part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor.
The number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend.

verb

Sell cheaply as remainders.
The publisher remaindered the books

Origin

From Middle English remaindre, remeigner, from Anglo-Norman remaindre, with infinitive used as noun.

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